Within minutes of D.J. Carrasco serving up a homer to Todd Frazier last night the Mets announced that they’d designated the veteran reliever for assignment, removing him from the 40-man roster.

When the Mets signed Carrasco to a two-year, $2.4 million deal last offseason it seemed like a solid pickup, as he’d posted a sub-4.00 ERA in each of the previous three seasons and sported a 4.31 career ERA.

Instead he was anything but solid, being scored upon in three of his four appearances this season after allowing 35 runs in 49 innings last season.

Or as Carrasco put it while speaking to reporters following the news: “It was pretty self-explanatory. I would have done the same thing if I was the GM.”